BOC-MICP urges importers to voluntarily pay higher excise tax rates

  The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Manila International Container Port (MICP) is encouraging importers, especially multinational companies, to voluntarily pay the higher excise tax on…

BOC announces new appointments

Eighteen Bureau of Customs officials have been assigned to new posts in the latest appointments approved by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. Dominguez recently…

P12.9M worth of illegally imported shipments seized at MICP

Various goods with an estimated cost of P12.9 million were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Manila International Container Port (MICP)…

BOC’s Nov collection up 12% over target

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) surpassed its collection target for November 2016 by 12%, recording earnings of P40.239 billion versus the P36.450-billion revenue…

59 containers in Manila port yield undeclared cosmetics and clothing

The release of 59 containers from the Manila International Container Port (MICP) was halted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) after the cargoes were…

E2m Implementation Update

LAST Thursday (October 1), the E2M Technical Working Group (TWG) conducted its first workshop meeting to thresh out operational and policy issues in line…

Free Zones – A Separate Customs Territory

BASED on international trade practices, ‘free zones’ are a generally understood to be that part of a country’s territory considered as outside the customs…